R&D Engineer, Welding
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Employment Type
Full-time
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Posted on October 22, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America by combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing. The company is looking for an R&D Engineer to support its welding team in a hands-on role that bridges the gap between weld development and production.
Responsibilities
- Support welding equipment needs for weld development, including CAD support for buying and setting up new equipment
- Develop concepts for automation, tooling, fixtures, and development parts
- Work directly with welding engineers and welders to weld actual parts in a development setting
- Bridge the gap between automation, tooling, and welding by translating development needs into tooled-up, automatable processes
- Coordinate across Build, Software, Tooling, Automation, and NDT to keep weld development unblocked
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Welding Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
- 2+ years of experience in manufacturing or mechanical design
- Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks, NX, or equivalent) and working knowledge of GD&T and tolerance analysis
- Comfort with shop-floor tooling, fixtures, and metrology
- Exposure to machining, assembly, welding, additive, and inspection processes
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
- PTO
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA
Pay in context
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA currently run a median of $43/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $35–$64/hr across 53 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
The local market in Los Angeles, CA
We're tracking 81 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 52 different employers. 34 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 565 other active welding openings from 259 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.
Hadrian currently has 9 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Relativity Space (21), and Honeywell Aerospace (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Long Beach at $49/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $43/hr. Los Angeles is among them.
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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. R&D Engineer, Welding figures were last recalculated when this page was built.